tv Hardball With Chris Matthews MSNBC September 5, 2011 4:00pm-5:00pm PDT
4:01 pm
from the streets to the halls of the jail. and his boy hood friend follows his example. >> you guys not start this fight? >> yeah. >> but you guys did finish it. two brothers turn to crime to support their habits. >>. [ inaudible ] >> you hit someone with it really hard and you take what's in their pockets. >> i'm like jeg jeckle and hyde when i'm using and not using. >> and one faces the streets again. >> the chips are stacked against me. i want to do something different. it's just tough. since its days the bat old
4:02 pm
ground ref liegs, boston has become the city of neighborhoods with deep-rooted loyalties running through its diverse communities. but when certain boss tonians take territorial pride a little too fard, they can wined up in the suffolk county jail. >> there are a proximately 180 or so street gangs that live in boston. just the neighborhood street gangs that, you know, they are all comprised of a couple of blocks. sometimes a project, sometimes an entire neighborhood certainly. in almost every case, every group has some sort of serious feud with at least four to five other groups within the city of boston. >> over the past ten years, the structure of those gangs has changed. and that's at a serious impact for the jail. >> such as it was, there was a bid of a code about what you did
4:03 pm
and didn't do. and that seems to have gone by the way side. what that translates into, is some of this wild west mentality and sort of shooting for any slight real or imagined -- >> that's just how it is. a bank robber robs bankses. a nurse helps patients. gang members shoot each other. >> 22-year-old dellshawn bloodworth says he spent much of the last ten years as a member of one of boston's local street gangs. >> i got older, i really, really liked the lifestyle. i liked the lifestyle. it's easier. it's easier than just showing up to work everyday, you know what i mean?
4:04 pm
seeing the same people. even though you don't like them, mad at them, don't want to see them every again, got to come back it work still handle your job and all this other stuff. >> bloodworth is currently housed at the jail an nashua street. one of two facilities that comprise the suffolk county jail system. the 700 inmates here, have not been convicted of any crime but are held awaiting trial for the settlement of their charges. if they are convicted, and given a sentence of 2 1/2 years or less, they can wined up four miles away at suffolk county's other jail facility, the house of collection. bloodworth has been at nashua street for ten months now, after pleading not guilty to charges of armed robbery and assault and battery. >> i go back to court and this case is looking beatable so i will probably just plead out. i've seen a lot of my friends get burned in trials. you know what i mean? so i don't think i will just
4:05 pm
take it, i will take the deal and give them their win. >> if bloodworth agrees to a prosecutor offer to plead guilty, co-face a sentence of 2 1/2 years. the good news is as he weighs that decision, he currently shares his cell with a childhood friend on the streets, david peters. >> i don't remember a time i don't know him. we probably met each other when we were like three. >> we played domino's a lot. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, took some [ bleep ], and had something to play while in the room. >> can't have cards, can't have -- >> can't have nothing np can't have radio, nothing. you know what i mean? just me and him and these -- we is all them sominoes because they are a mix of soap and domino's. >> it was good to see him. even though under these circumstances, we are both incarcerated.
4:06 pm
>> we in here. the whole city of boston, you know,'s you will over the building. >> you get addicted to the lifestyle. you get addicted to the streets. the whole long nights, fast life. money. cars. fast women. everything that comes along with it. and you just get a rush from that after a while. >> gun, right here on my ribs, that's an einstein quote. you have to learn the rules of the game and learn to play them better than anyone else. i took that from einstein but applied it to the streets. >> like bloodworth, peters is also in jail await willing trial or possible plea deal. he's facing six charges, including possession after firearm. assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest. because of prior convictions, peters can face up to 15 years in prison, if found guilty.
4:07 pm
>> when i was a kid, you couldn't tell me that. i wasn't going to the nba. i thought that's where i was going to end up. but hoop dreams is over. >> they try to take the rest of my 20s from me. i got a three-year-old. so i might not be there for my son. so this is really an eye-opener. it makes you wake up after a while. especially if the hole, you got a lot of time to think about [ bleep ]. >> you got to think about what you've done in your past and you know, this thing it is meant it stress you out, you know what i mean? you just sit in here all day, all night. you only get one hour of rec. and that one hour of rec, you go out, you probably have to move or something. you know what i mean? this is all stress in here. they know what they are doing.
4:08 pm
trying to teach you a lesson, you know what i mean? but i always been a rebel. you know what i mean. so you teach me a lesson, i smack you in your face. i'm in school, you know what i mean. the teacher say -- i say shut the [ bleep ] up. you know what i mean? >> delshawn has always been outspoken. doesn't bite his tongue for nobody. always ready to fight. got the heart after lion. not going to back down for nothing. he is all about loyalty. he will be your friend to the end. he will be there for you. he will good out of his way it make sure you are all right. >> you touch me again, i'm pushing you on the streets. let's get it. >> in fact, it was that attitude that landed bloodworth and peters together here in the segregation unit. when they were in the jail's less restrictive population unit, they beat up a third inmate. >> they bought a new into the unit which was the enemy or whatever.
4:09 pm
i punched him in his face. shawn came from behind and we just stomped him. >> david peters hooked back up with a childhood friend, bloodworth. as it happened, the brother of one of the people who had jumped him perhaps three weeks ago, came into that unit. they fought each other. >> it all stems from, they got us, new we got to get them. it's retaliation. you know what i mean? it goes back and forth, back and forth, bab and forth. you know what i mean? it's never ending. there ain't no peace treaty or none of that. >> coming up, delshawn bloodworth goes off. and two brothers deal with a common enemy. >> when we are out there getting high, all we're all we're thinking about is the next high.
4:10 pm
>> i could spend 2, 3, $500 a day on heroin or cocaine. time for blame. now is the time for action. ♪call 1-800-steemer. handle more than 165 billion letters and packages a year. that's about 34 million pounds of mail every day. ever wonder what this costs you as a taxpayer? millions? tens of millions? hundreds of millions? not a single cent. the united states postal service doesn't run on your tax dollars. it's funded solely by stamps and postage. brought to you by the men and women of the american postal workers union. ♪ of the american postal workers union. having the right real estate agent on your side is more important than ever. at remax.com, you can find the experts you need, whether you're trying to sell of hoping to buy. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today.
4:11 pm
4:13 pm
for many jail inmates, their stay behind bars can be relatively short and off then their first visit is their last. for others, like 24-year-old nick bonnis, back to back arrests, have led to a revolving door relationship with the boston suffolk county jail. >> thes stays in here keep getting longer and the stays on the street are shorter. >> i was in for three and half months, out for eight days now i'm back for two months. eight days. >> most mif record is armed
4:14 pm
robberies, unarmed robberies. i would use whatever. anything from a rock to a knife to whatever. whatever was available at that point in time. >> how would you rob someone with a rock? >> you hit someone with it really hard. then you take what's in their pockets. >> most of bubanas's robberies have been to support his drag habit. now, he is back in on an assault and battery charge to which he has plead not guilty. the alleged victim is his girlfriend. >> they are just saying that i assaulted my girlfriend at the time. she got arrested with me. she said i didn't assault her. i don't know, it was pretty much, they knew we were in a high drug zone. they want us to cooperate to help, you know, get the bigger fish. let the little fish go way. we wouldn't, so they arrested us. >> 10s. that's ten more. >> man. >> what's the name of this game? >> oh, my god.
4:15 pm
you're horrible. >> in jail, bubanas has found comfort in passing the time with a familiar face at home. his older half brother, ryan. >> this place sucks. >> tell me about it. >> i'm tired of it. you know what i mean? >> yeah. >> similar story to mine. just he is ten years older. and i'm better looking. i like my girls in twos. >> ask him who's winning? >> let you know at the end of the game. >> 34-year-old mcknee has been coming to jail since bubanas was a child. being locked up together has made this stay a little easier. >> to see him in here hurts, you know. but at the same time, it's nice to have people around that genuinely care about you, that you know they got your back if something happens. you know, it is good recreation. he is a funny kid. he keeps me laughing all day long.
4:16 pm
>> same routine for almost 20 years. my grandmother used to call it life on the installment plan. ryan, unfortunately, i have bad news. you're going to be life on the installment plan is what she used to say to me. and i used to hate that. i would say, no, i'm not. no, i'm not. i'm doing life on the installment plan. >> this time, mcnee racked up eight charges, including possession of firearm, assault and battery and unarmed robbery. he plead not guilty to all charges and is awaiting trial. >> just do me a favor, clean the tables then come gi and give me some hot water, all right? >> though he takes friendly taunting from his brother, mcnee earns a dollar a day, working as a runner. >> basically there is four of
4:17 pm
us. we serve the food, trays, clean the unit. pass out uniforms. pretty much whatever we are asked to do, we pretty much do around here. >> the job lets mcnee spend more time-out of his cell which provides another benefit. better access to coffee. >> coffee and a place like this. if like me, it's very important. got to have my coffee. first thing on the list, coffee. >> nothing else but to sit around and play cards and drink coffee. >> he does about, i would say, eight to ten cups a day. tough habit to keep up with. >> but on the outside, mcnee and his brother share far more dangerous adecks. >> on an average day i could spend my ni where from 3, 500, to $1,000 a day. >> on what? >> on heroin and cocaine. i lived the life to fullest.
4:18 pm
and i'm embarrassed by it. >> drugs have had a hold on mcnee and bubanas since a young age and they played a major role in their trouble with the law. >> all we are thinking about is the next high. scheme and plotting on what we are going to do, how we are going to do this, how we are going to get that one. >> i'm like jeckle and hyde when i'm using and when i'm not using. you put something in my system, all bets are off. i'm a whole different person. i'm not a good person. i don't do good thimgs. i'm selfish. >> when we're in here and sober, and not under the influence of any type of drugs, we are talking about our families and how to do things different. more productive. it is a healthier relationship. you know? >> he's young. he don't have to want. he don't have to keep crashing into the same wall i've been crashing into for the past 20 years. you know?
4:19 pm
i obviously am not a good example for him because there's three of us. our other brother graduated college. already in his third year of law school. he chose to follow me and i don't like that. always wanted to be just like me. so i'm not very proud of that, obviously. good kid, though. [ inaudible ] >> i don't know if you heard, but i don't do deliveries no more. >> you can change, all right? >> bubanas could have his next chance on outside, very soon. he is due in court in two days. to face the judge on his assault and battery charge. but he's optimistic that the case will be thrown out because his girlfriend is unwilling to testify against him. >> i just hope for the best and expect the worst, you know? >> expecting the worst is key to
4:20 pm
security in the segregation unit. >> both these guys -- >> yeah. >> for instance, when delshawn and pete are released for their one hour of daily recreation, they are not only handcuffs but shackled at the ankles. >> they have to be. because they are such a threat it fight. and it is just -- it's for their safety and for ours. >> you feeling like a real criminal here, man. >> you. a. >> but even shackles can't totally stop violence. within minutes of their release, as peters talks on the phone, bloodworth attacks another inmate.
4:21 pm
within seconds, deputies have broken up the fight. >> get back, get back. >> it's over now. central control, we have two restrained. >> you thought it was over? >> straight white down. straight white down. >> bloodworth claims the other inmate called him a derogatory name. >> he called me a bitch. that's an automatic wipe down. >> the other inmate, who declined to speak with us be are back in their cells. jail officials will determine
4:22 pm
what disciplinary action will be handed down. >> did you hit him? what did you do? >> no, i cracked him with the cuffs, you know what i mean? the cuffs are actually worse than two people fighting with yir hands, with fists, you know what i mean? people get leaked all the time. i wouldn't be surprise fed he is laeblgi laeb leaking right now. they probably sent his ass to the infirmary. >> delshawn faces trouble for fighting. >> 14 long days. >> what would do you if someone called you a bitch? >> two brothers prepare it say good-bye. >> what if we turned trash into surfboards? whatever your what if is, the new sprint biz 360 has custom solutions to make it happen, including mobile payment processing, instant hot spots, and powerful devices like the motorola photon 4g.
4:23 pm
so let's all keep asking the big what ifs. sprint business specialists can help you find the answers. sprint. america's favorite 4g network. trouble hearing on the phone? visit sprintrelay.com. can hel i've tried it.answers. but nothing's helped me beat my back pain. then i tried this. it's salonpas. this is the relief i've been looking for. salonpas has 2 powerful pain fighting ingredients that work for up to 12 hours. and my pharmacist told me it's the only otc pain patch approved for sale using the same rigorous clinical testing that's required for prescription pain medications. proven. powerful. safe. salonpas.
4:24 pm
you walk into a conventional mattress store, it's really not about you. they say, "well, if you want a firm bed you can lay on one of those, if you want a soft bed you can lay on one of those." we provide the exact individualization that your body needs. welcome to our biggest sale of the year. not just ordinary beds on sale, but the bed that can change your life on sale. the sleep number bed. it calibrates precisely to your body and your comfort zone. now you can feel what happens as we raise your sleep number setting and allow the bed to contour to your individual shape. oh yeah. it's really shaping to my body. during our biggest sale of the year, every bed is on sale. queen mattresses now start at just $599. and for five days only, save 50% on our innovative limited edition bed set. but ly through labor day, and only while supplies last. you can adjust it however you want so you don't have to worry about buying the wrong mattress.
4:25 pm
once they get our bed, they're like, "why didn't i do this sooner?" don't miss the biggest sale of the year on the bed that can change your life. the sleep number bed. only at the sleep number store. yo. [ bleep ] the [ bleep ]. i keep a full clip. i'm the ice cream man, 20 bills for a lick you can catch me on a strip with that dangle on my hip, long street, be my team, my aim is real sick and don't
4:26 pm
blasting that kid, what up, yo. >> for childhood friends delshaun bloodworth and david peters, sharing a cell at boston's suffolk county jail has helped make the time go by a little bit easier. but after bloodworth attacked another inmate, they're going to be on their own for a while. bloodworth was found to have instigated the fight and was issued a disciplinary report. >> they call it d-reports, you know what i mean? at approximately 1:45 p.m., detainees bloodworth, delshaun, me and my inmate number and [ bleep ] and [ bleep ], whoever he is, were exchanging blows by the phone bank in the 61 unit. we weren't exchanging units. more like me hammering his face. >> he's been put in a one-person cell. his time in segregation increased in 14 days.
4:27 pm
seven of them on shower status. the only time out of the cell will be for a shower. >> i don't come out for rec at all. shower status, every day. i can't get it shaking on nobody because i'm on shower status. >> meaning you can't fight again? >> if that's how you want to put it, that's my little slang, my little lingo, but yeah, so all day, miss, you know. doing the same old, same old. and when it come to sleep people say you can sleep throughout the day. sleep all day. you can't do that because you'll be up all night. >> deputy stangle who helps run the segregation unit handed down the sanctions against bloodworth after a brief hearing with him. bloodworth has asked to speak to stangle. >> 14 long days. >> it is 14 long days. >> what would do you if someone called you a bitch? >> i would go to the unit officer and tell him what is
4:28 pm
going on. >> no, you wouldn't. that's a lie. it's a respect thing. >> i wouldn't swing first. that's what i would not do. >> wouldn't swing first? >> so, what would you do? >> it's not up to me what i would do. it's a per case thing, it's what you chose do that matters. you chose to fight. >> because i'm a dog. i don't take no shorts -- >> i know, it's a difficult thing. no shorts, bang first, questions later. >> you know how it goes. >> you know what hoods get along, you got the whole system down pat. >> i don't have the whole system down pat. maybe 90%. >> 90%. >> yeah, man. >> hang on one second. go, sir. >> i want to be a c.o. when i leave here. you get paid a lot of money. coming up, nick bubanas leaves for a court date that will determine his future. >> definitely stacked against me. i want to change, i want to do something different. it's just tough.
4:29 pm
a new problem for david peters. >> you guys not start this fight? but you guys finish it. [ tires screech ] [ crying ] [ applause ] [ laughs ] [ tires screech ] [ male announcer ] your life will have to flash by even faster. autodrive brakes on the cadillac srx activate after rain is detected to help improve braking performance. we don't just make luxury cars. we make cadillacs. it's schwab at your fingertips wherever, whenever you want. one log in lets you monitor all of your balances and transfer between accounts, so your money can move as fast as you do. check out your portfolio, track the market with live updates. and execute trades anywhere and anytime the inspiration hits you. even deposit checks right from your phone. just take a picture, hit deposit and you're done.
4:30 pm
open an account today and put schwab mobile to work for you. diabetes testing? what else is new? you get the blood, hope it's enough, it's-- what's this? freestyle lite® blood glucose test strip. sure, i'll try it, but-- [beep] wow. yep, that's the patented freestyle zipwik™ design. it's like it-- [both] targets the blood. yeah, draws it right in. the test starts fast. you need just a third the blood of one touch.® okay. freestyle test strips. i'll take 'em. sure. call or click--
4:31 pm
4:32 pm
hello. i'm milissa rehberger. hurricane katia is turning into major storm as she moves across the atlantic p.m. she is now a category 3 storm south of bermuda. the storm is expected to gain more strength but at this point it is not likely she will hit land. experts are warning the atlantic region to keep an eye on it. meanwhile, those in the northeast have their power back after hurricane irene. flood damage is still an issue and some school openings are delayed.
4:33 pm
like many of the 2400 inmates in boston's suffolk county jail, nick bubanas admits his life hasn't been as successful as he once hoped for but he thinks he may have discovered one of life's secrets. >> for girls you go to the left, guys -- if you want a boy you go to the right. that's how you make babies. left girls, right, boys. >> bubanas' 4-month-old daughter was born just before he came to jail. >> i was in the room. the most beautiful disgusting thing i've ever seen in my life, i think. when she came out, i cut the cord. my kid's mother held her first. and they passed her to me and it's weird how something -- how you can just meet somebody and already instantly have love for them. a love that you can't describe. would you do anything for them.
4:34 pm
and that's my motivation right now to get out and try to do the right thing for her. hopefully it works this time. hopefully do i something different. she deserves it. she needs her parents in her life, you know? >> today, bubanas is on his way to court where he hopes charges of assault and battery will be dropped because the alleged victim, his girlfriend, refuses to testify against him. bubanas' older brother ryan mcnee has mixed feelings about the day. >> nick gets out today sad to see him go but i want to see him on the street than here. don't like to see the kid in jail. >> try to call you tonight, all right? >> good luck. >> you good? >> right. >> stay safe. >> dot right thing, all right? >> i will. >> i'm worried about him because he's living the same kind of
4:35 pm
lifestyle i live now. he runs around the same way i do. and i don't know what his situation's going to be when leaves, i don't know if he's got a place to go. if he don't have a place go he's going to do what he knows how to do and will end up using and probably end up back here before i leave. you never know what -- going out there to relapse in a few days and be back here within a few months? it's the unknown. you know what i mean? the probability of me going and returning to society doing the same thing i've always done is high, you know what i mean? the chips are definitely stacked against me. i want to change. i want to do something different. sometimes it's just tough. you know?
4:36 pm
>> a few hours later bubanas would have his chance for a fresh start. his charges were dismissed in court and he was set free. when the news reached ryan, he had some words of advice for his younger brother. >> nicholas, i wish you the best of luck. go out there and do the right thing. don't make the same mistake we always made. go home, go to uncle bernie's house, see your kid. don't be too anxious to get back here because you know what you'll get if you come back here. you know, do something for yourself. i love you, kid. that's it. the 700 people we have currently in this facility is roughly 75 or 80 that are constantly in trouble, constant rotation, fight, segregation, fight.
4:37 pm
constant loop. david peters falls into that category. >> after serving 30 days in segregation for fighting alongside his good friend dull shaun bloodworth, david peters was given another chance to live on a general population unit. it didn't last long. he joined four others in assaulting another inmate on the unit. and is now back in segregation. but he says the other guy is the one who started it. >> i guess he had an issue with one of my friends. he thought that the best way to handle it would be to try and swing on my friend. so, when we all seen that, we all reacted. first thing that we did, threw him on the floor, flipped him, started stomping his head into the tiles. we only could do so much because we're all in the way. i'm trying to kick him but my
4:38 pm
man is right there. trying to hit him. it's all, all crazy. it was crazy. yeah. he caught the worst end of it. >> hey, guys. >> deputy stangle will decide how many days peters must serve in segregation. >> you guys messed up yourselves the way we look at it. that was a one on one between that man and lewis. >> you know. >> i know. you guys all join in because you all play as a group. >> yeah. yeah. you already know. >> i know, i know. problem is we don't like groups. groups are bad. groups get people hurt. groups get people charged with assault and battery with in the facility. >> yeah, yeah. can't afford no more. >> you can't. >> i been here five months, i think i got in six fights, been in the hole six times. i mean, you got to fight. it happens. it's just instinct, you react. so, this is basically what happens. you hit me, i hit you back. you think about it after in the hole, you sitting there like damn. >> along with determining how many days peters must serve in
4:39 pm
segregation, deputy stengle must decide where to place him after the stay in segregation. >> he came into the building with issues and since being here picked up issues in the building that make it very difficult for us to house him here. you guys not start this fight but did you finish it. especially -- all right? so, what are we going to do with you? i can't guarantee it. it's not my end of the business. do i this end, the seg unit before i don't recommend that you go back to 24. >> peters has had major conflicts with at least five other inmates and the jail tries to separate likely combatants. >> that makes five units i can't put david peters on, considering i have 11 units it makes him difficult to house. >> i'm probably a headache to
4:40 pm
stangle. i get into fights. these people, these people, he don't know where to put me. everywhere i go, i'm gone. i'm going to start something. >> see that's the thing, i don't want to put my man in a situation where he's going to go somewhere else. >> i want to take this maik sure he goes somewhere else safe too. >> very much like a soap opera, a lot of silly drama. you keep track the best you can. they do the time, go back to another general population unit. sometimes they make it, sometimes they don't. they come back here and i'm left pick up the pieces. >> stangle is on top of his game. he tries his best to -- who got problems with who, but, no way you can pinpoint everything. he's all right though. he's all right. end of the day we do get out of here, you know, i don't like --
4:41 pm
i don't like return trips. we will leave it at that. >> coming up, delshaun bloodworth's life at the suffolk county jail makes a major detail. and ryan mcnee gets news from his brother. >> he's doing what he does, problem before i leave here he might be back here. who knows? that works at the molecular level to help your engine run more smoothly by helping remove deposits and cleaning up intake valves. so when you fill up at an exxon or mobil station, you can rest assured we help your engine run more smoothly while leaving behind cleaner emissions. it's how we make gasoline work harder for you. exxon and mobil. we search, browse, and shop from anywhere. we live in a social world. isn't time we had a social currency to match? membership rewards points from american express.
4:42 pm
use them for the things you love from amazom.com and more. kiss those lines goodbye! bye bye! discover juvéderm® xc, the smooth gel filler your doctor uses to instantly smooth out those parentheses lines around your nose and mouth for up to a year! temporary side effects include redness, pain, firmness, swelling, bumps or risk of infection. lose those lines! the way you look with juvéderm® xc... might just change the way you look at everything. ask your doctor
4:43 pm
and visit juvederm.com. my son and i never missed opening day. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better, and that means... game on! symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. [ whistle ] with copd, i thought i might miss out on my favorite tradition. now symbicort significantly improves my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. and that makes a difference in my breathing. today i'm back with my favorite team. ask your doctor about symbicort. i got my first prescription free. call or click to learn more.
4:44 pm
[ male announcer ] if you can't afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. yeah. well we're the two active ingredients in zegerid otc. i'm omeprazole. and i'm sodium bicarbonate. just one pill a day ... gives you 24-hour relief. & one mission. two ingredients heartburn solved. boston's suffolk county jail is comprised of two facilities. the house of correction, for inmate whose have been convicted, and the nashua street jail for detainees awaiting trial. for the past ten months, delshaun bloodworth has been
4:45 pm
incarcerated at nashua. awaiting trial on charges of armed robbery and assault and battery but now he's about to make the move to the house. he's accepted a plea bargain and has been sentenced to two and a half years. >> the judge said this is a gift to me and i should appreciate it because i could have easily got more time. people don't know, armed robbery is a serious, serious charge. so i gladly took it. >> but the plea deal, he admitted his role in the robbery of a woman in downtown boston. >> we roll up behind her and i told her not to yell. people like to yell and then we run off, no, she didn't yell because i told her not to. she might have if didn't said anything or if she didn't see the gun. but told her to give me everything you got. give me everything. i want everything. i don't want just your money, i wan everything.
4:46 pm
>> did you say anything to the person that you robbed? >> i would tell her, welcome to life. it's a cold world. if that wasn't you, it would be the next person. nothing personal. as we all know, just business. >> bloodworth will remain incarcerated but is about to see a major change. along with a group of other recently convicted inmates he's just made the four-mile drive to the house of correction. cuffed arm in arm the men have been put back in their street clothes but only to start the intake process all over again. >> all right. >> around that way. >> his bravado won't last for long. through each step of the intake process, bloodworth relives the night he was arrested. >> definitely not nashua.
4:47 pm
>> stand up straight. some information. u.s. citizen? >> i am. >> veteran? >> no, i'm not. >> all right. are -- 62288 -- >> boston? >> born and raised. >> any other names you go by? >> nope. >> take the glasses off. turn sideways, face the wall. all right. face front. >> standard protocol dictates inmates be strip searched and every cavity searched for possible contraband. but for bloodworth that is not the most embarrassing part. >> false teeth or dentures? take them off. >> [ bleep ].
4:48 pm
>> open your mouth. put them back in. >> why are you so upset to have to remove your teeth? >> i'm 22 years old, i shouldn't have no dentures. like any normal 22-year-old going to be a little embarrassed about that. see if i was 55 or something. >> just as he was at the nashua street jail bloodworth is housed in the segregation unit in the house of correction. >> get down on your knees, chest over the bed. >> i'll try to stay out of trouble but if someone approaches me then i'll have to handle my bi, my biz, abbreviation for business, now e what i mean. >> high tech here, too. you got the little touch light right there. i like that. i like that. ♪
4:49 pm
>> ryan mcnee has been holding out hope that his brother, nick bubanas could get back to a normal life following his recent release. but after getting word from home, he's not too optimistic. >> i heard from nick about a month ago, i called him when he was at my uncle's house. he's doing what he does. he picked up, he was using, doing his thing. i haven't really heard from him in a month. it is what it is. it's what he does. nothing i can say or do will change it. if i was out there i would probably be in the same position. i don't listen to nobody either. probably before i leave here he might be back here, who knows? >> mcnee is awaiting trial and if found not guilty, he could have his own chance at a life on the outside. like his brother, he will have to about thele his drug
4:50 pm
addiction to avoid coming back to jail. >> i look in that mirror now, my hair is going gray, i'm getting old. i'm starting to feel the affects of the aging process, you know? my life's just -- i don't know where the past 20 years went. just went by like that. gone. when you're an addict, it don't matter where you go, no matter where you go, there you are, you're bringing same person with the same problem. you get the same addictive behaviors, it don't matter where you are. when you're done and you don't want to do it no more, that's when you're going to be finished with it, when you've had enough. i don't know. i can't sit here and lie to you and tell you i've had enough when one would think i should have. but, definitely got more runs in me. coming up -- it's not something i would want to get hit in the head with. >> deputies confiscate a dangerous weapon from none other
4:51 pm
than delshaun bloodworth. [ male announcer ] every day, thousands of people are choosing advil. here's one story. my name is lacey calvert and i train professional athletes with yoga. i know how my body should feel. if i have any soreness, i'm not going to be able to do my job. but once i take advil, i'm able to finish my day and finish out strong. then when i do try other things, i always find myself going back to advil. it really works! [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] make the switch. take action. take advil. [ male announcer ] make the switch. [ thunder rumbles ] what is the sign of a good decision? in the world of personal finance, it's massmutual. find strength and stability in a company that's owned by its policyholders. ask your advisor, or visit massmutual.com.
4:54 pm
inside boston's suffolk county jail, officers are always on the lookout for weapons or other threats to safety. >> these units are very large, can range from 30, 40, up to 200. and sometimes one, two, maybe if you're lucky three officer per unit. an officer having to worry about 180 people possessing weapons on a daily basis. important for them to be on their toes to be on the lookout for suspicious activity. >> what makes this significant, obviously, it's a sock. but in the sock he had five double aa batteries.
4:55 pm
and these double aa batteries are something he can order for his walkman radio through his canteen and he chose to use the batteries in a method that they're not designed do. he would drop them in his sock, tie the sock, now you have an instant weapon. sometimes they spin it or just drop it. would have it in their hand, drop it down, bam. that's not something i would want to get hit in the head with. >> jail officials tied this weapon to one of the newest inmates to arrive at the house. delshaun bloodworth. >> i didn't believe i would get caught with the battery in the sock. so -- >> it was tied back to mr. bloodworth due to video footage, video footage in the unit captured the object falling out of his pants and they were able to issue a disciplinary report of being in possession of a weapon. >> in my jumpsuit, my one piece,
4:56 pm
somehow slid through my pants legs. a superintendent, he's like what the hell is this? i'm like, i'm like oh, [ bleep ]. my heart started beating fast. they accused me of premeditating fighting. they thought i was going to move on someone with the bat there is the sock. that's not case. >> he said he's caught in the cycle of unsettled disputes from the streets. >> it's where i'm from. i have beef. people inherit money from their family, my older mans, generation before me they had beef with the people i have beef with. i get into a little confrontation with somebody, move on him, he move on me go back and for the. so, you know, i just want to live a normal life. you know what i mean?
4:57 pm
>> but even a normal life in jail could be a long way off. bloodworth has received another ten days in segregation for the weapon. and has been warned that if he continues to violate the rules he could spend the remainder of his two and a half years in segregation. he says he already feels the impact. >> i already feel myself changing. i'm different. i am. worse. [ bleep ] make you or break you, you hear it a million times but it's true. all we do is get bigger and more ignorant. you lock somebody in the cell for 23 hours what you think will happen? he ain't going to get nicer, he's not going to get more polite, he's going to rebel. he's going to act out. because you know, this is real [ bleep ] right here. this is real [ bleep ].
4:58 pm
>> bloodworth's former cellmate and childhood friend, david peters, has had some of his own troubles lately. he received 30 days in segregation for his involvement in a five on one feet. fight. now he's back in general population again. but the transfer came with a warning. >> they told me if i get in any more fight, i'll stay in the hole for the remainder of my stay or be shipped out. fight's happen. this is jail. a bunch of man in one institution, no females, no nothing, what do you think is going to happen? [ bleep ], only so much you could do. i mean, nothing on tv. your bitch acted funny on the phone. what is there left to do? hit the [ bleep ] close to you. that's what happens in jail. you know? >> still awaiting trial on several charges, including possession of a firearm and assault and battery on a police officer, peters takes the long
4:59 pm
view when it comes to his future. >> i don't want to waste my life. that comes with the game. it's like it's time-out. you on bench right now. this is all game. i'm on the bench, i'm not in the game. but my time will be up, coach put me back in the game and time to get back out there. you know? >> now the closest peters gets to the game on the outside is receiving mail on the inside. >> this is my baby's mother and this is straight hate mail. i won't even read this. yeah. >> is there anything about your son in there? >> no, this is about some [ bleep ] i did on the streets. i mean, it ain't nothing to move me too much. it don't bother me. if they're that mad you want to sit down and take 15, 20 minutes out your day to write me, obviously you thinking about me. so i'm not forgotten.
906 Views
IN COLLECTIONS
MSNBC West Television Archive Television Archive News Search Service The Chin Grimes TV News ArchiveUploaded by TV Archive on